Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough information
Latin Catholic territory in Canada
Diocese of Peterborough
Dioecesis Peterboroughensis
The Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains, Peterborough
Location
Country
Canada
Ecclesiastical province
Kingston
Population - Catholics
100,000 (25.2%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
July 11, 1882
Cathedral
St. Peter-in-Chains
Patron saint
St. Peter & St. Patrick
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Most Rev. Daniel J. Miehm
Metropolitan Archbishop
Most Rev. Michael Mulhall
Vicar General
Msgr. Michael Heffernan
Website
peterboroughdiocese.org
The Diocese of Peterborough (Latin: Dioecesis Peterboroughensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario, Canada. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario.
Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains in Peterborough, Ontario.
On March 10, 2017, Pope Francis named former Hamilton Auxiliary Bishop Daniel J. Miehm as the new Bishop of Peterborough.[1]
^News, Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic. "Bishop Miehm eager to bring pastoral approach to Peterborough". www.catholicregister.org. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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